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The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson

93 reviews

jenniferesque's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

A generous 3 stars from me. By the end of the book I was rolling my eyes at the repetitive language and how forced and shallow some of the characters actions/reactions felt. There are some decent twists but nothing thrilling

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body shaming, Terminal illness, and Stalking

colorful_lulu's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

It was slow until 2/3 of the book. It had a very interesting concept it was just not paced as well as it could’ve been. I thought the way Holly Jackson described details, or rather which detailed she pointed out and which she omitted, was really cool. The romance plot line confused the hell out of me. The kiss scene was added in so randomly in the most unrealistic and illogical point of the scene.

The reason why they ended up kissing was because they were standing closely when placing the camera on the bookshelf but Rachel found it immediately so what’s the point of putting them in that situation?

I get that the romance subplot adds to the theme but it was so random

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Stalking, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Infertility and Pregnancy

charlee_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I have no words. Just. Wow…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

diyanosauruss's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Stalking, and Death of parent

emlawley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

I loved Holly Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series so I was excited to listen to this book. Her fantastic writing had me gripped once again and unable to guess what the truth was at all - always a tricky feat with a novel like this. I loved how I unravelled the mysteries along with Belle and found it very hard to stop listening as I couldn’t wait to find out what happened next. 
The only two drawbacks for me were some similarities between the plot lines of this book and the GGGTM series in the final chapters, as the rest of the book was so unique and unexpected in terms of plot. The other is that, while the narrator was otherwise excellent throughout, they cannot do a good British accent so that was a bit jarring! 
All in all, I’d highly recommend this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death and Dementia

chapters_and_pages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I love a good/mystery thriller, and I’ve enjoyed all of Holly Jackson’s previous books (besides the second half of As Good as Dead, that’s a whole different story…) so I was really excited to jump into The Reappearance of Rachel Price, and it did not disappoint!

Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price disappeared from her car, leaving her two year old daughter, Bel, alone on the side of a road. Now eighteen, Bel just wants to move on, she’s accepted that Rachel most likely dead - and any answers died with her. The last thing Bel wants to do is take part in a documentary of her mother’s disappearance, but family first. All of a sudden, Rachel reappears, but Bel can’t help but think that there is more to her story than she is telling…

I love mysteries and this was a really good one, especially as a YA mystery/thriller. I really liked Bel’s character, she was very reminiscent of Pip, from Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, in regards to her mystery solving skills, however she was a completely unique character in comparison. Oftentimes, I think that when an author writes multiple books within the same genre, it can be easy to make the main characters a little too similar, but this was definitely not the case here. I loved Bel’s snarky and sarcastic attitude. 

I also really enjoyed both Carter’s and Ash’s characters, and the relationships they had with Bel. Ash and Bel’s relationship during their investigation was, again, reminiscent of Pip and Ravi (from AGGGTM), while still being very different. 

In terms of the storyline and the big twists, I will say, I didn’t really have any expectations in mind as I was reading. I read this book over two sessions, quite quickly, so I don’t think I really had much chance to think about theories before hand, and I always love when that happens!

I have seen quite a few negative reviews, so I was a little apprehensive going into it. However, I think this is one of those cases where people are expecting the book to be almost a copy of a previous book. And while this book definitely had a few minor things in common with AGGGTM (such as a mystery to solve and an investigation between love interests), The Reappearance of Rachel Price was completely different which is what I wanted! At the end of the day, if I wanted something exactly like A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, I’d just reread that book…

Overall, I really enjoyed this book, and I look forward to Holly Jackson’s next release!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Dementia, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Stalking, and Death of parent

kaylee_kale's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

Minor: Grief, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

....HOLY SHIT

jessw17's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

fanboyriot's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

♡ Plot Twist

♡ Missing Person Found

♡ Who Should You Trust?

A documentary for a missing woman who suddenly returns after sixteen years.  Bell is left to unravel the true, to find out who was lying to her about what happened that night her mom went missing.  Was she even really taken to begin with?  But Bell soon realizes she can’t trust the people she thought she could.

This was a bit slow but at about the 30% mark it kicked in.  This story was wild and I was so invested.  Each truth Bell found out added to the story so well.  The mystery, the suspense of what really happened when Rachel disappeared was all an addictive read.  I didn’t see some of the twists coming when it came to Rachel’s disappearance.  It was also really entertaining to see some of the behind the scenes of the making of the documentary.

Spice Level: n/a

Angst Level: 💧💧 (2/5)

POV: Third Person

Release Date: 07, September 2024

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Kidnapping